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1691504341691. London: Printed for Tho. Salusbury 1691. London: Printed for Tho. Salusbury 1691. An Early English Anthology of Bohme's "Theosophick" Writings Bohme Jakob 1575-1624. Taylor Edward c.1642-17290 Editor. Jacob Behmen's Theosophick Philosophy Unfolded; In Divers Considerations and Demonstrations Shewing the Verity and Utility of the Several Doctrines or Propositions Contained in the Writings of that Divinely Instructed Author. Also the Principal Treatises of the Said Author Abridged. And Answers Given to the Remainder of the 177 Theosophick Questions Propounded by the Said Jacob Behmen Which were Left Unanswered by Him at the Time of His Death. As a Help Towards the Better Understanding the Old and New Testament. Also What Man is With Respect to Time and Eternity. Being an Open Gate to the Greatest Mysteries. With a Short Account of the Life of Jacob Behmen. London: Printed for Tho. Salusbury 1691. vi 434 8 pp. Second and third signatures bound in reverse order. Portrait frontispiece lacking. Quarto 8" x 6". Contemporary paneled sheep raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities a few small scuffs to boards chipping to spine ends front board partially detached but secure rear joint just starting at ends corners lightly bumped. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield to front pastedown. Offsetting to margins light foxing in a few places. A sound copy of a scarce treatise. $750. Only edition. This edition of Boehm's writings in translation marks an important chapter in the English reception of Boehm's writings. A German mystic and self-taught theologian he believed that humanity had fallen from a state of divine grace to its present state of sin and suffering that the forces of evil included fallen angels who had rebelled against God. On these points he is consistent with Lutheran Theology. Boehme believed however that the fall from grace was a necessary stage in the evolution of the universe. It was necessary for humanity to depart from God in order initiate an evolution toward a new state of redeemed harmony that would be more perfect than the original state of innocence. God would thus achieve a new self-awareness by interacting with a creation that was both part of and distinct from Himself. English Short-Title Catalogue R21858. unknown books
1671D6213Amsterdam: Barent Otto Smient 1671. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 155 x 90mm. In two parts separately titled and paginated Lof-Sang op het geestelyk houwelyk van godes soone Laudatory Song on the Spiritual Marriage of the Son of God. 44 544pp. 120pp. 5. Added engraved title page Proef steen van den trou-ringh in addition to the letterpress title to the first work two engraved full-page portraits one of prolific artist and poet Anna Maria van Schurman and one of Jacob Cats and a full-page allegorical engraving Het Derde Deel facing p. 249 in addition to 51 half-page engravings in the text depicting scenes of domestic and married life. Engraved printers device depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Near contemporary vellum ms. title to spine somewhat effaced; some slight thumbsoiling lightly toned with age; corners bumped. <br/><br/>This 1671 edition based on the imprint of Trou-Ringh by Jacob Cats was first published in Dordrecht in 1637. Cats a Dutch Golden Age poet and politician wrote these rhymed dissertations on marriage and fidelity using very different marriage cases from literature in which conjugal ethics emerged. Cats method was to treat human behavior and society in all its aspects through the lens of marriage both human and spiritual ie. the marriage of Christ and His Church. He takes examples from the Bible Adam and Eve David and Abigail etc. and from classical and modern authors Cyrus and Aspasia Marc Anthony and Cleopatra etc. Cats tells of marriages to patriarchs ancient and modern; cases from Israel Persia Egypt from the life of Charles the Great and of the Great Mogul and Spanish gypsies. Also included are discussions of marriage after rape the breaking of marriage bonds adultery and the like. Because marriage dominated all periods and regions of the world all classes all ages with a variety of feelings and soul states this work resonated with the reader although Cats unusual storytelling intended moral and religious teachings. He propagated that marriage with its many possibilities and moral demands which it always must fulfill totally belong together: as do the ring and the stone. Cats was a distinguished Dutch writer but his Orangist and Calvinistic opinions set him apart from the liberal school of Amsterdam poets. Still for nearly two centuries he enjoyed enormous popularity. Wonderfully preserved important work on 17th century societal structures the many engravings are delightful and captivating. Barent Otto Smient hardcover books
1627EPL42Rotterdam: Pieter van Waesberge 1627. Paperback. Very Good. This edition also has French translations. Including "Et in Aequore Flamma est XV O prodga rerum luxuries! XXXIII" "Amor formae condimentum III" "Nemo dolens patet libidini L" and "Quod dolet intus habet VII "as the characteristic round engravings. One hole affecting Flamma some brittle edges or stains Size: 225 x 220mm. <br/><br/> Pieter van Waesberge paperback books
16271048964to. Rotterdam: Bij Pieter van Waesberge 1627. 4to 7 parts in one -- 5 parts as called for in Landwehr plus two additional titles bound in at rear as follows: 8 1-35 1 blank 1-315 1; 1-91 1; 1-46 2; 1-2 3-28; 1-2 3-48 6 2 engraved frontis 49-55 1; 36 1-119 1; 16 1-49 29 pp. 109 engravings through the 7 parts as follows: the wonderful engraved title page and 52 emblems in Sinne ende Minne Belden; 43 circular copperplate engraved emblems in Emblemata Moralia; full-page engraving of Phyllis in the Argumentum; a portrait and 4 engravings in Galathee. Full 17th-century vellum expectably soiled yapped fore edges some wear at top of front cover. Manuscript title on backstrip. Parts bound out of order according to Landwehr but complete. A few notable but hardly bothersome defects: A2 with short marginal tear; I3r-I4v small hole; M1 small hole; P1 hole; 2a1-2a4 minor worming; ii marginal tear; Nn4 burn hole in image; marginal dampstaining through a handful of gatherings; a lone stamp from the Los Angeles University of International Relations seen at the top of the final leaf of text. Occasional offsetting; some leaves darkened. Very good. § The only edition of Proteus published in 4to format and containing Cats’ love-emblems with the addition of their English translation done by Josuah Sylvester. Also included is a separate portfolio of 80 additional emblems and allegorical symbols most likely extracted from the 1618 Middelburg first edition of Jacob Cats’ Silenus Alcibiadis sive Proteus Vitae Humanae ideam Emblemate. These are perfect for display or study apart from the text and are in very good condition. Bij Pieter van Waesberge hardcover books
1685D7313Amsterdam / Utrecht: chez Jean Wolters et Ysbrand Haring / Frans Halma 1686 / 1685. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 155 x 88 mm. 432pp. 7. Full-page engraved portrait of Chardin above his heraldry bearing arms of two rosettes chevron and bird additional engraved title 16 engraved plates including two chapter headpieces 12 folding are maps city panoramas or charts. The first English edition appeared in 1686 in London by Moses Pitt of 1686; Chardin having settled in England after his travels and was knighted there by Charles II. The title was reprinted twice in Amsterdam in the original French at different locations. First at Abraham Wolfgang and then at Wolters and Haring as in this copy. Contemporary vellum ms. title on spine with foldover edges speckled edges; light soiling and few small stains few minor tears on engraved title or marginal wear to plates. A very nice copy with plates in excellent shape. Bound after: SPON Jacob 1647-1685. Histoire de la Ville Et de l'Estat de Genève. Utrecht: Frans Halma 1685. 522pp. 16 of table. Woodcut printers device of Halma with motto Vivitur ingenio one lives on in spirit to title additional engraved title 6 plates of which 3 are folding among which the view of the Geneva region with placenames highlighted in yellow woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; one small fold-tear to Geneva plate. Formerly in the collection of famed bibliophile Henri Burton of Geneva his morocco bookplate neatly to front endpaper. <br/><br/>French sammelband of the Travels of Sir Jean Chardin; one of the finest works of early Western scholarship on Persia and India and Spons History of Geneva from the collection of Henri Burton. A great deal of European travel writing details the history of Europes relationship to the Orient a place highly exoticized by western observers. Jean Chardin was a trader and the son of a jeweler who first went to the Levant in 1665 to purchase gems. He made a second journey in 1671 in the company of the artist Guillaume Grelot whom he met in Istanbul and whose drawings inspired the engravings in the present work. This edition comprises the first volume of the authors manuscript dealing with the period 1671-1673 and is all that was published until 1711. His work is divided into four parts: the first recounts his journey from Paris to Ispahan 1671-77 the second describes Persia and Ispahan the third the ruins of Persepolis and the fourth gives a history of Persia based on Persian writers. /// Spon 1647-1685 was a doctor and pioneering archaeologist of Greek antiquities. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes he fled France for Switzerland dying not long after in Geneva. His history of Geneva first published in 1680 was translated into English in 1687. Chardin an experienced trader is in a position to give detailed accounts of trade-routes prices articles bought and sold customs problems and so on whereas Spon is primarily interested in Antiquity concentrating on giving the exact wording of inscriptions illustrations of medals and ancient buildings and the comparison of towns and landscapes with the descriptions which appear in Classical texts. A fine sammelband neat and sturdy contained two important travel texts printed within just one year of each other. chez Jean Wolters et Ysbrand Haring / Frans Halma hardcover books
168453168Altenburg: Gottfried Richter 1684. Small thick 8vo pp. 38 958 42; engraved frontispiece woodcut initials and ornaments; and early owner has supplied 7 vellum tabs affixed to the fore-edge; OCLC locates only 3 copies two in Germany and one in Sweden. Bound with an imperfect copy of: M. Jacob Daniel Ernsts Anweisung / Wie Dessen so genantes Historisches Bilder-Hauß/ neben denen dreyen Theilen der Historischen Confect-Taffel same imprint 1688 pp. 10 880 of 1298; Together 2 titles in contemporary full vellum manuscript title on spine; interesting yellow floral pastedown likely 18th century; very good and sound. <br/><br/> Gottfried Richter hardcover books
1603046923Basel: Conrad Waldkirch 1603. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Two volumes in full contemporary vellum - the first work with no place or publisher 1603 the second Waldkirch Basel 1603. Modest browning throughout heavier in a few spots scattered minor dampstains in the second book; clean and very good overall. 32 416 24 ; 14 334 12 pp with a folding table in Hotman.<br/><br/>Early editions first editions were 1585 and 1565 respectively - the Acontius is rare in commerce and not much more common in libraries. Acontius fled to Basel as the counter reformation began to find an increasingly wide variety if ideas heretical. Stratagematum satanae became central to later ideas of religious toleration and what constitutes dogma. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046923. Conrad Waldkirch hardcover books
162231298Amsterdam: Chez Michel Colin 1622. Folio. 11 x 7 1/4 inches. 6 103 6 107-254pp. Engraved additional title 17 engraved maps 16 double-sheet 1 folding 5 engraved illustrations in the text of the Le Maire narrative. Without the portrait of Le Maire as usual found in only a small number of copies. Early eighteenth century sheep covers ruled in blind spine with raised bands in seven compartments morocco lettering piece in the second the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled pastedowns<br/> <br/>One of the classic descriptions of the Spanish conquests in the New World including the first publication of Jacques Le Maire's journal of one of the greatest early Pacific voyages and circumnavigations: a work of great rarity and importance.<br/> <br/>This edition of Herrera includes the first publication of Jacques Le Maire's journal of one of the greatest early Pacific voyages and circumnavigations that of Le Maire and Schouten in 1615 and 1616. Le Maire's journal which occupies pp. 107-174 of this book describes the voyage of trade and discovery launched by one of the most aggressive of Netherlands traders in this era of Dutch expansion. The expedition sailed around Cape Horn explored the Pacific coast of South America and pursued the search for Terra Australis. Inspired in part by Quiros and motivated by Dutch trading zeal this was the essential precursor to Tasman's voyage; indeed Tasman made great use of Le Maire's mapping of the ocean. The Le Maire voyage the last of the seventeenth century expeditions to search for the unknown continent from the east was responsible for extensive discoveries in the Pacific recorded in excellent detail on the numerous maps published here. These include maps of Le Maire's Pacific route and of New Guinea the latter definitely establishing it to be an island. There are also five engraved views showing the expedition in Patagonia a Polynesian sailing canoe the anchorage at Cocos Island natives at Cocos and the isle of Hoorn. The first section of this work is the first French and second edition overall of a portion of Antonio de Herrera's Historia General first published in Madrid in 1601. This is one of the classic descriptions of the Spanish conquests in the New World with important maps of the West Indies the Americas the coasts of Central and South America the interior of Mexico Terra Firme and the west coast of South America including some of the most important maps relating to the Pacific made to the time. The third section of this volume consists of brief accounts of other voyages into the Pacific and the account of Pedro de Cevallos of the Spanish possessions in the New World. Two issues of this French translation were printed in Amsterdam in 1622. This copy has the first imprint recorded by Wagner. There were also Latin and Dutch editions in the same year differing slightly in their makeup; Wagner assigns priority to this French edition. A work of great rarity and importance.<br/> <br/>Borba de Moraes p.400; European Americana 622/68; JCB 3II:166; Sabin 31543; Tiele pp. 56-57 314-316; Tiele-Muller 296; Wagner Spanish Southwest 12a. Chez Michel Colin unknown books
16903572Norimbergae: Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri Filiorum 1690. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio engraved allegorical frontispiece by Johann Jacob Sandrart full-page plate of royal arms through the ages; plus three full-page plates of armorial achievements. Numerous genealogical tables throughout. 234 pp. - though last page reads 254. 6 pp. index follows. Full contemporary leather binding worn especially along spine. <br/><br/> Sumptibus Johannis Andreae Endteri Filiorum hardcover books
1609WRCAM46859Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. Two volumes bound in one. Described in greater detail below. Folio. Contemporary boards rebacked in calf spine gilt leather label. Very good. From the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield with engraved 1860 bookplate on front pastedown and blind pressure stamp on first two printed leaves of first title. Two highly important Dutch voyages both in their second French editions and bound together as issued in 1609. These two voyages represent the initial Dutch exploration and expansion to the East Indies a significant element in a global commercial enterprise which was to develop throughout the 17th century. The two foundation accounts in the present volume originally issued together by Amsterdam printer Cornille Nicolas include: <br> <br> 1 Lodewijcksz Willem: PREMIER LIVRE DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA NAVIGATION AUX INDES ORIENTALES PAR LES HOLLANDOIS. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. 53 leaves. Titlepage with engraved map forty-five in-text engravings including three maps seventeen in-text woodcut illustrations and one plate on separate leaf following printed text. Moderate soiling on titlepage slight edge wear to first few leaves. <br> <br> Second French edition following the first French edition of 1598. Lodewijcksz gives an account of the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies under Cornelis Houtman from 1595 to 1597. The information collected by Houtman on the spice trade convinced the Dutch they could compete with Portugal's monopoly in the East Indies and his narrative served to initiate the explosion of Dutch trading at the turn of the century. <br> <br> "Like the English Houtman's men suffered so severely from scurvy that they had to put in at the Cape of Good Hope and at Antongil Bay in Madagascar to recuperate. But they then sailed straight across the Indian Ocean to the Straits of Sunda and dropped anchor at Bantam in Java without the loss of a ship. At this port the center of the Javanese pepper trade a long time was spent. Both natives and Portuguese showed considerable hostility and Houtman and some of his men were imprisoned. However the Dutch succeeded in making a commercial treaty and departed with a good cargo. They proceeded eastward to Bali and then returned along the south coast of Java thereby acquiring a more correct impression of the width of the island than had prevailed and laid the ghost of Java's being the northern part of the Southern Continent.the Dutch skipper had enough to show for his venture to inspire the merchants of Amsterdam with a determination to exploit the trade" - Penrose. <br> <br> 2 Neck Jacob Cornelissoon van: LE SECOND LIVRE IOURNAL OU COMPTOIR CONTENANT LE VRAY DISCOURS ET NARRATION HISTORIQUE. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. Two parts. 228 leaves. Titlepages with engraved illustrations twenty-two in-text engravings including one map two in-text woodcuts. <br> <br> Second French edition following the first French edition of 1601. Van Neck who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. The second part of this 1609 French edition an eight-page appendix of words spoken in Java and Malay includes word lists in French printed in roman type Malay in italic type and Javanese in civilité. <br> <br> Two of the most important of the pioneering French voyages to the Far East bound together as probably issued in this edition. Lodewijcksz: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/71. TIELE-MULLER 115. JCB 3II:63. HOWGEGO H105 Houtman. Penrose TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY IN THE RENAISSANCE 1952 p.204. Neck: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/93. TIELE 786. TIELE-MULLER 129. HOWGEGO N13. Cornille Nicolas hardcover books
1610WRCAM51636Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1610. Three volumes bound in one. Described in greater detail below. Folio. Contemporary vellum over boards rebacked with original spine preserved. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light soiling and repairs to titlepages; minor soiling otherwise. Very good. Three highly important Dutch voyages all in their second French editions and bound together as issued in 1610. These three voyages represent the initial Dutch exploration and expansion to the East Indies a significant element in a global commercial enterprise which was to develop throughout the 17th century. The foundational accounts in the present volume originally issued together by Amsterdam printer Cornille Nicolas include: <br> <br> 1 Lodewijcksz Willem: PREMIER LIVRE DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA NAVIGATION AUX INDES ORIENTALES PAR LES HOLLANDOIS. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. 53 leaves. Titlepage with engraved map forty-five in-text engravings including three maps seventeen in-text woodcut illustrations and one plate on separate leaf following printed text. Moderate soiling on titlepage slight edge wear to first few leaves. <br> <br> Second French edition following the first French edition of 1598. Lodewijcksz gives an account of the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies under Cornelis Houtman from 1595 to 1597. The information collected by Houtman on the spice trade convinced the Dutch they could compete with Portugal's monopoly in the East Indies and his narrative served to initiate the explosion of Dutch trading at the turn of the century. <br> <br> "Like the English Houtman's men suffered so severely from scurvy that they had to put in at the Cape of Good Hope and at Antongil Bay in Madagascar to recuperate. But they then sailed straight across the Indian Ocean to the Straits of Sunda and dropped anchor at Bantam in Java without the loss of a ship. At this port the center of the Javanese pepper trade a long time was spent. Both natives and Portuguese showed considerable hostility and Houtman and some of his men were imprisoned. However the Dutch succeeded in making a commercial treaty and departed with a good cargo. They proceeded eastward to Bali and then returned along the south coast of Java thereby acquiring a more correct impression of the width of the island than had prevailed and laid the ghost of Java's being the northern part of the Southern Continent.the Dutch skipper had enough to show for his venture to inspire the merchants of Amsterdam with a determination to exploit the trade" - Penrose. <br> <br> 2 Neck Jacob Cornelissoon van: LE SECOND LIVRE IOURNAL OU COMPTOIR CONTENANT LE VRAY DISCOURS ET NARRATION HISTORIQUE. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. Two parts. 224 leaves. Titlepages with engraved illustrations twenty-two in-text engravings including one map two in-text woodcuts. Leaves D2 and D3 lacking provided in facsimile. <br> <br> Second French edition following the first French edition of 1601. Van Neck who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. The second part of this 1609 French edition an eight-page appendix of words spoken in Java and Malay includes word lists in French printed in roman type Malay in italic type and Javanese in civilité. 3 Noort Olivier van: DESCRIPTION DU PENIBLE VOYAGE FAIT ENTOUR DE L'UNIVERS OV GLOBE TERRESTRE. PAR SR. OLIVIER DU NORT D'UTRECHT GENERAL DE QUATRE NAVIRES ASSAVOIR. Amsterdam: Widow of Cornille Nicolas 1610. 2611pp. Engraved titlepage vignette. Twenty-five in-text engravings including three maps. <br> <br> Second French edition following the first French printing of 1602. Van Noort a former innkeeper in Rotterdam sponsored by a group of Dutch merchants accomplished the fourth circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan Drake and Cavendish. He was the first Dutch explorer to do so making the trip from 1598 to 1601. The voyage was particularly arduous. Half the crew mutinied his ships were constantly harassed and most of those that didn't mutiny perished from disease. He returned to Holland "with only one battered ship and eight crew left although some accounts suggest that forty-five crew survived. His voyage contributed little to the geographical knowledge of the time but had some effect in opening the way to the establishment of the Dutch in the East Indies.Van Noort's achievement however captured the imagination of his countrymen and the published accounts sold well the first appearing only eighteen days after his return. A more complete edition appeared later that year followed by two amended editions in 1602" Howgego. <br> <br> Three of the most important pioneering French voyages to the Far East bound together as issued. Lodewijcksz: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/71. TIELE-MULLER 115. JCB 3II:63. HOWGEGO H105 Houtman. Penrose TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY IN THE RENAISSANCE 1952 p.204. Neck: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/93. TIELE 786. TIELE-MULLER 129. HOWGEGO N13. Noort: EUROPEAN AMERICANA 610/79. SABIN 55438. BORBA DE MORAES p.617. W. Klooster THE DUTCH IN THE AMERICAS 1600- 1800 p.12. TIELE 806. JCB 3II:71. HOWGEGO N37. Cornille Nicolas hardcover books
1646046444Hoorn: Arent Jansz Chalon 1646. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary overlapping vellum modest discoloration and soiling but sound. Spine darkened remains of labels bookplate on pastedown and endpaper. Two works in one the second unpaginated and dated 1647 on the separate title; printed in a mix of black letter and Roman type faces. 8 252 60pp. <br/><br/>The first edition of a popular and much reprinted book of moral tales about violence. 15 engravings in the first work 3 in the second and a vignette on the title and an extra engraved title to Gulden-Spiegel. As here it was often paired with Mayvogel's life of Amnon apparently present here in the second edition first published in 1646. No other copies of the first edition located in OCLC or auction records. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046444. Arent Jansz Chalon hardcover books
169875048Bruxelles: Typis ludoci Stryckwant 1698. Hardcover. Good. Editio altera longe auctior et elegantior. 15 16-651 5 71p. 19th century black leather. 14 cm. Binding sound but rather heavily scuffed. Almost entire front endpaper covered with a printed label urging unsuccessfully it appears the See of Portsmouth not to sell this or any other book coming from the Virtue and Cahill Library. Cross-hatched pencil markings on a few pages. Most of the rather small text leaves are double-columned. Some sections of text browned while other are bright and white. Latin text. Originally published in German in 1644. <br/><br/> Typis ludoci Stryckwant hardcover books
1644123825Two books in one 8vo. Paris: Rolet le Duc 1644. Two books in one: 8vo 4 leaves 164 pp; 1 leaf Extraict du Privilege du Roy; 10 leaves 717 71 Appendix Table pp. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered label on backstrip. Very early illegible ownership inscription on the rear pastedown. Unfortunate bookplate of A.R.A. Hobson on verso of first title page. § Second edition of Naudé's celebrated treatise on library management "reveuë corrigée & augmentée" by Naudé himself a work of the greatest importance in the history of book collecting and libraries complete with the ‘Extraict du Privilege du Roi’ an unsigned leaf following L2 p. 164 which is missing from most copies. Together with Jacob's treatise the first comprehensive account of libraries ancient and modern and including some on which notices can be found nowhere else. The account of British libraries occupies 65 pages. Since the Hobson sale only one copy has sold at auction the Bergé copy of the Naudé only for 12000 euros. Of the Jacob Hill notes: As is usual when the two parts are bound together the title-page to the second part has been excised. Hobson also notes: "Lacks the inserted title to part II as often." Peignot 33: "la seconde edition est la meilleure". See Breslauer and Folter 53. Tumarkin 1191: "See Balsamo. where Naudé's humanist message is shown to bear the stamp of. Montaigne Charron Descartes and even Giordarno Bruno's Eroicifurori. Rolet le Duc hardcover books
1609WRCAM38891Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas 1609. Two parts. 228 leaves second part with its own titlepage. Folio. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. A few leaves with worm tracks expertly repaired. Very good. Second French edition following the first French edition of 1601 of this important voyages narrative describing the initial Dutch exploration and expansion to the East Indies a significant element in a global commercial enterprise which was to develop throughout the 17th century. Van Neck who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes that the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. The second part of this 1609 French edition which has its own titlepage is an eight-page appendix of words spoken in Java and Malay including word lists in French printed in roman type Malay in italic type and Javanese in civilité. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 609/93. TIELE 786. TIELE-MULLER 129. HOWGEGO N13. JCB 3II:64. Cornille Nicolas hardcover books
1601WRCAM38446London: Simon Stafford and Felix Kingston for Cuthbert Burby & John Flasket 1601. 1584 leaves. Woodcut vignette of sailing ship on titlepage. Extra-illustrated with 19 engravings numbered 1-3 19 4-18 from Van Neck's HISTORIALE BESCHRIJVINGHE Amsterdam 1619. Text and plates "inlaid to size" remargined to 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Quarto. 19th-century mottled calf gilt spine gilt gilt leather label. Boards and spine slightly worn. Titlepage and plates mounted to larger sheets; printed pages of text inlaid in larger sheets. Engraved plates annotated in ink with corresponding "page" leaf recto or verso of text. Lacking the dedication leaf paraph 2 and leaf Q4 blank pages shaved with occasional slight loss of text in lower margin rust hole in leaf P3 affecting a few letters on recto tear in leaf Q3 repaired not affecting text. Overall a very good copy with the 1860 engraved bookplate of the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield on front pastedown shelf marks inscribed on verso of front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Earls of Macclesfield in upper extended margins of titlepage leaf and following two leaves of text. The first English edition of Van Neck's account of his 1598 voyage to the East Indies translated from the 1601 Amsterdam edition of the author's HET TWEEDE BOECKE. The Dutch navigator who represented the Verre Company commanded three ships which were part of the first successful Dutch trading voyage to the region. The other two ships were commanded by Wybrand Van Warwijck and Jacob Van Heemskerk. Van Neck's vessel became separated from the other two after rounding the Cape of Good Hope and the three did not reunite again until his arrival in Java in late December 1598. Unlike his Dutch predecessor Cornelis Houtman who three years earlier had seized the port of Bantam Van Neck dealt diplomatically with the natives. "Rather than rejecting the inflated prices asked by the local ruler he offered to pay over the odds in order to cement a lasting relationship.Van Neck's was the most profitable of the pre-VOC Dutch East India Company voyages. Despite the apparently high price paid for spices he netted a profit of 300 per cent on his overall costs. In 1601 fourteen fleets comprising sixty-five ships sailed for the East Indies but by that time competition between rival Dutch operators as well as with the Portuguese had inflated prices and none were as successful as Van Neck's first enterprise" - Howgego. While focused on activity in the East Indies EUROPEAN AMERICANA notes that the text includes references to Brazil and tobacco from the West Indies. <br> <br> Van Neck's account was popular throughout the first half of the 17th century and was reprinted and translated into German and French as well as English. It also appeared in collections of voyages such as those by De Bry Hulsius and Colijn. This extra- illustrated copy includes nineteen engraved plates from the Amsterdam 1619 edition of Van Neck's HISTORIALE BESCHRIJVINGHE published by Michiel Colijn. The images are mounted on separate sheets and bound in the book at the appropriate portion of the text. The engravings are annotated in ink indicating the appropriate page i.e. recto or verso of a specific leaf related to the image. <br> <br> A rare book on the market. Prior to this copy from the Macclesfield sale in March 2007 the last copy previously available was sold at the Boise Penrose sale in 1971. Both EUROPEAN AMERICANA and STC record only two copies in the U.S. at the Huntington and NYPL the latter noted as imperfect. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 601/66. STC 18417 noting quires A-G printed by Stafford paraph 2 and quires H-Q printed by Kingston. TIELE-MULLER p.144. HOWGEGO N13. [Simon Stafford and Felix Kingston] for Cuthbert Burby & John Flasket hardcover books
1698D2444Lubeck: Christoph Gottfried Jäger for Peter Böckmann and Johann Wiedemeyer 1698. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 190 x 156mm. 16 197pp. 2 including index and errata leaf at end. Dedicated to Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor and first King of Hungary reunited under Hapsburg rule. Over 70 copper-plate engraved illustrations for portraits of kings and emperors of the Roman Empire from Albertus to Sigismundus Franciscus all on coins recto and verso giving heraldry and one engraved chapter vignette heraldic on dedication page. Text in Latin. Later paste-paper boards paper label with manuscript title to spine edges stained red; margins trimmed close lightly toned scattered light foxing; lightly rubbed. German numismatist Jacob von Melle was a renowned poly-historian and a distinguished authority on the town of Lübecks history. Notably Melle was one of the first people to use the term bracteates for thin metal or gold medals. He was also the vicar for his local parish knew ten languages and directed a museum in Lübeck. In his time Melle published countless books; among these a Low German dictionary with 20000 entries and a book about the so-called guldgubber on the Danish island Bornholm guldgubber gold old men are tiny pre-historic gold-plates with a stamped human image. Interesting record with several important imperial portraits and heraldry on coins invaluable to the study of numismatics. <br/><br/> Christoph Gottfried Jäger for Peter Böckmann and Johann Wiedemeyer hardcover books
164724501London: Printed by M. S. for H. Blunden at the Castle in Corne-hill 1647. 1st Edition variant issue Wing B-3408A. Another issue of the same year has the printer's name "Matth. Simmons. in the yeare 1647". Period full leather with modern rebacking to style. Red morocco title label in second spine compartment. Modern eps. An overall VG copy text paper beginning to brown at edges with some associated chipping/repaired hole to lower right quarter of E2 affects last few words of two lines on p 25 and first few words of four lines on page 26/occasional po marginal pencil annotation a/o check mark. 18 155 7 28 4 pp. Separate t.p. for "Clavis". Last 4 pp: 2 pp 'Catalogue of Bookes' viz. bibliographical list by Behmen 1 pp of "Faults Escaped in Printing" & a blank. Inserted table & plate imperfect lacking 'folded' left side approx. 1 - 1.5". 4to: ¢4 -¢1 a half-title a2 a3 B1 A4 -A1 C - 2B4 2C2. <br/><br/>Bohme a German philosophical mystic who had a profound influence on such later intellectual movements as idealism and Romanticism. Born of poor parents in Goerlitz Germany as a boy he tended cattle later becoming a shoemaker marrying & fathering 4 children. Boehme at the robust age of 37 in 1612 wrote his first treatise Aurora oder Die Morgenroete in Aufgang. In 1613 an unauthorized copy of the manuscript was copied and circulated by Karl von Ender. Its reception "raised him out of his homely sphere and made him the centre of a local circle of liberal thinkers considerably above him in station and culture." However the local pastor primarius of Gorlitz Gregorius Richter leveled a charge of heresy. The local muncipal council administered an admonishment to no further "meddle in such matters." This charge Boehme publicly followed for 5 years. In 1618 Boehme again started writing expository & polemical treatises. The majority of his works were written though not formally published from 1619 - 1624. A second major work Der Weg zu Christo was published in 1624 and signaled a renewal of clerical hostility. Boehem however was destined to suffer but a short period of this second persecution; he died of an illness on 17 November 1624. Boehme has been said to have a "fertility of ideas" and a "trasncendent greatness of religious insight." Boehme was studied by Sir Isaac Newton and influenced the work Henry More as well as and especially William Law 1686 - 1761. Xl Questions concerning the Soule was translated by the English mystic John Sparrow in collaboration with John Ellstone & financed by Humphrey Blunden. This the first of several works by Boehme that Sparrow & Ellstone were to translate into English between 1644 - 1662. Boehme proved to be highly popular in England where there were regular societies of Behmenists at the time. This work XL Questions went into a second edition in 1648 and a third edition in 1665. 11th EB. A scarce title in the Boehme canon. We find no copies currently offered via the major on-line databases OCLC records but 4 institional cc and the work has only appeared at auction 3 times in the last 25 years the last in 1989. Printed by M. S. for H. Blunden, at the Castle in Corne-hill hardcover books
1658046557Rotterdam: Arnold Leers 1658. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full sheep spine rubbed hinges cracked but binding sound title in red and black with old ownership signature very clean internally. First published in 1638 it criticizes a wide variety of popular medical beliefs and takes issue with some current scientific theories e.g. Harvey's circulation of the blood. It was translated into French and English and remained influential for some time. 20 2 blanks 561pp. Osleriana 3735 Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046557. Arnold Leers hardcover books
1681180631Paris: Chez Lavrent d'Hovry sur le Quay des Augustins à l'Image saint Iean 1681. Hardcover. As is needs rebound age toning to block and pages as expected with age but text and illustrations are otherwise clear. Missing covers marble illustrated end pages two volumes/parts in one. Volume 1 has a bw illustrated title page 22 257 pp. with several bw illustrations. Volume 2 has a bw illustrated title page 259 pp illustrated throughout in bw. Text is in French. Both parts are bound together with their own title pages. The beginning unnumbered pages include a preface a table of contents for part one and a table of contents for part two. Part one was published in 1681 part two in 1677. Title translates to: Iconology: or New explanation of several images emblems & other hyerogliphic figures of virtues vices arts sciences natural causes different moods human passions & c. Divided into two parts. Taken from research and figures of Cesar Ripa moralized by J. Baudouin of the Académie Francoise. Chez Lavrent d'Hovry, sur le Quay des Augustins, à l'Image saint Iean hardcover books
167219314Nuremburg: Johann Daniel Tauber 1672. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Later quarter vellum and boards. Very good. 30.5 x 21 cm. 312 22 a-d6 B-P6Q4. Full page engraving of ship at sea by Boner frontispiece portrait of Saar title page in black and red one leaf with two engravings 12 engravings in the text floriated chapter head designs. First published 1662 this an enlarged edition. Saar was employed as a mercenary for the East India Company spending 15 years in South East Asia including Indonesia and Ceylon. He died at age 38 in the battle of Mogersdorf. Most of Saar's descriptions relate to Ceylon. The publisher also added other contemporary accounts to help authenticate Saar's accounts. Scattered text toning ex-library stamp effaced from head of title page title page slightly chipped fore-edge and foot dampstain lower corners M-M4. Johann Daniel Tauber hardcover books
1665D7162Francofurti & Lipsiae: Esaiae Fellgibelii 1665. Hardcover. Good. Period paper-covered boards; 16mo 93 x 160 mm; pp. 44 962 2 plus 10 engraved plates 7 of them folding. Title-page printed in red and black. Lacking the frontispiece. Backstrip torn and binding broken. Contemporary notation inked discreetly on title-p. and some underlining here and there; but text block and plates in particular are overall nice and clean. Sold as is. An important early work on crustaceans. <br/><br/> Esaiae Fellgibelii hardcover books
167512522Nuremburg: J. von Sandart 1675. Copper engraving with early colour. Printed on laid paper. Title in manuscript ink on verso of sheet. Cleveland Historical Society collection stamp on verso of sheet. Numerous tears and creases in outside margins which have been expertly repaired. Center fold has been strengthened. An early map of Africa by the great mapmaker Jacob von Sandrart engraved by Homann.<br/> <br/>Sandrart's stunning map of Africa is a close copy of Fredrik de Wit's map 'Nova Africa Descriptio' published in 1660. With the prime meridian running through Ferro Island the map is typical of late seventeenth century maps of Africa. Like other maps of the period Sandrart has included a highly decorative and informative cartouche in the lower left corner of the sheet. Homann's continental cartouches aspired to convey the natural history as well as the costume and manner of life of the human inhabitants. Here while a woman peacefully nurses her baby in a hammock a native chief stares out at the viewer from under the shade of a large umbrella. On the right side of the vignette two riders on horseback one with a cutlass and one with a decaptitated head ride by a river where one man is attacking another with his sword. Among the humans are a lion a snake a reptile of some sort and another fox-like animal. Although the map repeats De Wit's decorations it relies on Ptolemy for its description of the Nile basin. It is to some degree remarkable that seventeenth century maps of the interior of Africa were filled with geographical features and named locations since there had been very little European exploration of the interior at this date. European trade took place at specific locations along the coast and almost nothing was known about the interior of the dark continent except through rumor. This is a fascinating map by Sandrart and one of only two maps engraved by Homann before 1690. Born at Frankfurt-on-Main Jacob von Sandrart was one of the most esteemed mapmakers in Nuremberg at the close of the seventeenth century. He learned his trade from his uncle Joachim von Sandrart and from Cornelius Danckerts. As with this impressive map all of Sandrart's charts are filled with a wealth of decorative details and highly ornate cartouches. J. von Sandart unknown books
1603100584Innsbruck: Daniel Baur 1603. First edition in German after the Latin edition published in 1601. With frontispiece engraved portrait of Archduke Ferdinand II privilege on verso title page two preliminary leaves and 121 of 125 elaborate engraved portraits each with facing biographical notice printed within woodcut border. Lacking 4 leaves portraits 3 24 64 71. Two preliminary leaves printed for William Sterling Maxwell his extensive bibliographical note and index of portraits; a facsimile folding view of Innsbruck inserted after title. Full dark brown morocco spine titled in gilt upper board with Sterling Maxwell arms in gilt a.e.g. by XXXX. Sterling Maxwell's largest bookplate on front pastedown. A few portraits possibly in old facsimile or restrike. 11 leaves loose or slightly sprung a few marginal paper flaws one portrait poorly inked. First edition in German after the Latin edition published in 1601. With frontispiece engraved portrait of Archduke Ferdinand II privilege on verso title page two preliminary leaves and 121 of 125 elaborate engraved portraits each with facing biographical notice printed within woodcut border. Lacking 4 leaves portraits 3 24 64 71. Two preliminary leaves printed for William Sterling Maxwell his extensive bibliographical note and index of portraits; a facsimile folding view of Innsbruck inserted after title. The celebrated portrait gallery of the Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria with portraits of emperors kings nobles and war heroes in historic suits of armor in the Archduke's collection at Schloß Ambras. Compiled by the Archduke's secretary Schrenck von Notzing and translated into German by J.E. Noyse van Campenhouten. With an interesting full page printed bibliographical notice by Sterling Maxwell dated 1870 printed within facimile borders matching the text pages of the portraits. Colas 2691; Brunet V 224; Vinet 2046; Grässe VI 317; Lipperheide 499 Daniel Baur unknown books
1690265353Frankfurt: Zunner 1690. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes Pars Generalis & pars Specialis bound together in 1. Illustrated with 2 copper-engraved allegorical frontispieces rubricated title pages with engraved vignettes. xii 23 engraved sheets with 1780 figures of of heraldic shields 368 38 page index; 2 index sheets torn with significant loss; viii 778 35 engraved sheets with 397 larger heraldic shields 32 page index. A few pages have minor soiling including the first frontispiece. Thick tall folio full velum somewhat stained but very sound and attractive with manuscript spine title; red edges. Frankfurt John David Zunner 1680. A very good copy. -- Brunet V 486; Graesse VI 464.<br/><br/> Zunner unknown books
